Entries tagged with: Antidepressants
The Science
The Size and Burden of Mental Disorders and Other Disorders of the Brain in Europe 2010
The Size and Burden of Mental Disorders and Other Disorders of the Brain in Europe 2010
This study determined that 40% of the European population suffers from some kind of mental illness. Read the abstract →
The Science
Exercise and Pharmacotherapy in Patients with Major Depression: One-Year Follow-Up of the SMILE Study
Exercise and Pharmacotherapy in Patients with Major Depression: One-Year Follow-Up of the SMILE Study
Let’s review the health benefits of an antidepressant I think everyone should start taking: exercise Read the abstract →
The Science
A Meta-analytic Review of Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trials of Antidepressant Efficacy of Omega-3 Fatty Acids
A Meta-analytic Review of Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trials of Antidepressant Efficacy of Omega-3 Fatty Acids
This study concludes that more comprehensive trials looking at the anti-depressant efficacy of omega-3 fatty acids were needed. Subsequent research continues to support the use of these fats to augment and enhance the treatment of patients with clinical depression. Read the abstract →
The Science
Dietary Fat Intake and the Risk of Depression: the SUN Project
Dietary Fat Intake and the Risk of Depression: the SUN Project
Less reported is the link between trans fat and depression. Published in Feb 2011, this study nicely connects these industrial fats and depression: those who ate the most trans fats were 42 percent more likely to get depressed. The results were also linear, which meant that even eating lower levels of trans fat increased a person’s risk. Read the abstract →
The Science
Exercise for Depression
Exercise for Depression
This set of researchers pooled all of the data from 25 trials that explored exercise as a treatment of depression and could not find a significant effect when they included the most rigorously designed trials. Read the abstract →
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Let’s Get Physical
Let’s Get Physical
Recent headlines were ablaze. The twittersphere buzzed. Now a whopping 11% of adults in the US take antidepressant medications. To put those numbers in perspective check out my post about it. But let’s review the health benefits of an antidepressant I think everyone should start taking: Exercise. Read the Post →
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The Most Depressing Fat in the World
The Most Depressing Fat in the World
Published in Feb 2011, a study entitled "Dietary Fat Intake and the Risk of Depression: the SUN Project" nicely connects these industrial trans fats and depression: those who ate the most trans fats were 42 percent more likely to get depressed. The results were also linear, which meant that even eating lower levels of trans fat increased a person’s risk. Read the Post →
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Meds, Meds and More Meds
Meds, Meds and More Meds
A recent CDC report revealed that 11 percent of Americans aged 12 years and over take antidepressants. Before you decry all psychiatrists as pull pushers, let's explore the truth behind the numbers, and just who is writing those prescriptions. Read the Post →